Hose protector



v. H. FAIRLESS.

HOSE PRGTEETOR. AP-FLICATION FILED MAYl, |921l Patented July 18, NZZ,

stare VICTQB H. FAIRLESS, 0F TRENTON, TENNESSEE.

HOSE PROTECTR.

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.guard to protect the hose romthe liquid polish or other material usedto clean and shine shoes. lt etten happens that boot- V blacks arecareless in the application of this liquid to the shoe, which is apreliminary operation to applying the paste polish, and as a result thesocks or hose are s lashed and stained by the liquid material.articularly is this so with white hose which are discolored andl ruinedby random splashes oi the polish or other liquid, and which of coursebecome unsightly before they can be removed and changed. Furthermore,light colored hose are freouently soiled 'ust along edge of llow shoeshy the polishing brush or cloth being rubbed across them.

it is an ob ect of the present invention to provide an adjustable ard tofit aboutlthe ankle and protect the ose, and which will be of aninexpensive construction and one which will ada t itself to low quartersparticularly and a so to high shoes.

lWith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will bemore fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointedout in the claim appended hereto.

ln the drawings, wherein like symbols re ter to like or correspondingparts throughout the several views,

Fig. l shows in dotted erspective the out. line of a low shoe or ox ordprovided with an improved protector constructed according to the presentinvention with the trousers indicated above the same;

Fig. 2 is a similar view taken trom an opposite angle and showing the.connecting device for the protector band;

vFig. 3 is also a dotted perspective view of a high shoe showing the aplication of the improved device in 4inverte position;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the protecting device; and

vist Fi 5 is an edge view thereof.

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rring more particularly to the draw- Specication of Letters Patent.

' Patented July te, i922.

yapplication tiled may e, 1921. Serial No. 466,797.

ings, the improved protector cons-ists of a band l of thin, lightmaterial preferably celluloid having a suitable depth to cover entirelythe area. of theY hose apt to be splashed by a liquid, blackening,cleaning, or other material used in bootblack establishments. @ne edge 2of the band l is cut ,ed straight, while the opposite longitudinal edgeis provided with a wave-like form which includes a pair of lugs 3 and tadapted to it well inside the depressed portions.

5 of the upper ede of the oxford tor instance, as shown in igs. l and 2.The lower edge of the band l is further formed with a tab 6 near one endof the band for tting beneath the tongue of the oi'itord, the positionof which is also adequately illustrated in Figs. l and 2.

A series of a ertures or openings 7 are made in one en of the band l toreceive a hook 8 formed from one end 'of a single strand of wire 9which'v has its intermediate portion looped outwardly to provideparallel legs 10 and 11 forming a finger piece for the removal andinsertion of the hook 8 into a selected openin 7. rll`he other end ofthe strand 9 is engaged permanently with an end ot a flexible tape l2secured in an suitable manner to that end of the Celluloid band 1opposite the apertures 7.

ln use, the band l is made to encircle the ankle of the wearer in thefashion, for instance, indicated in Figs. l and 2 where low shoes areworn. lin this instance the wave-like lower longitudinal edge of theband l is disposed downwardly with the lugs 3 and t fitting inside thedepressed parts 5 of the shoe uppers, and the tab 6 resting beneath thetongue ot the shoe so as to center and assist in holding the protectorin a proper relative position with respect to the shoe, and to the hosewhich it is desired to rotect.

ith the formation thus given the band the hose willbe entirely concealedand will M edectivelyn guarded against any splashes 'of the blachng orother material. 'The hook ree - restricted only by the scope of thefollowing claim.

A ho'se protector.j comprising e dat dexible bend adapted to be placedabout the ankle above e shoe top end adopted to over lap at its ends forfitting ankles of dierent thicknesses, seid handhaving spaced dependinglugs adapted to lient the sides of the ankle and projectinto theshoe topand .having e depending tab near one end for engagement beneath thetongue of the shoe,

.e flat'tape carried on one end o the band and adapted to lic Het acrossthe overlep-` ping ends of the' bend to hold the seme together, end e,hook on the free end of the tape, seid bend heving e longitudinal row ofopenings neer'its other end for selectively receiving 'the hook thereinwhereby the hook may be edjustebly secured to seid other endA or thebend for closing the seme in different sizes and et all times providing'e substantielly Het outer surface for the bend, substantially esdescribed.

WCTR H. FAXRLESS.

